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towards the eastern end of the mountain. It is of similar glacial origin to its westerly neighbour, but is slightly larger. It is about 600 yards long and 200 yards wide, being roughly oriented north south. It is drained by a stream known as Nant y Llyn
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road, where there is a small space for cars to park. There is another small car park a short distance away to the south and next to the same road at the end of another footpath to the lake.
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Mountain is generally considered to be one of the wildest regions of Wales and is associated with numerous myths such as the Arthurian legend of the
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and upland Welsh moorland in the centre and north of the country. All such moorlands are tree-less in their upper parts, in their current
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which sit directly below the main escarpment, being much larger than the small lake of similar origin which occurs below
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outside the circle nearby, known as Maen Mawr, with two smaller stones forming a small avenue. There is also evidence of
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on its southeastern margin is sometimes known locally as the
Sleeping Giant, after the appearance of its profile from
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to name a few of the most obvious residents. The red kite was previously restricted to this and adjoining areas in
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Mountains and the intervening high ground of
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on Fan Foel showed it to be of early Bronze Age in date (circa 2000 BC) and there is a very similar unexcavated
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172:. The highest point of the "Carmarthen Fans" and the
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98:The Black Mountain should not be confused with the
780:"Geopark — Brecon Beacons National Park Authority"
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27:Mountain range, west of Brecon Beacons, Wales
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46:the highest peak on the Black Mountain
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970:Landforms of Carmarthenshire
632:in the centre of the range.
140:The term "Carmarthen Fans" (
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760:South Wales
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686:gamekeepers
678:South Wales
622:Beacons Way
609:Beacons Way
605:horseriders
575:with a few
480:Afon Sawdde
468:River Amman
460:River Giedd
386:Bodmin Moor
368:scrub with
338:agriculture
334:hut circles
282:Archaeology
228:during the
190:Sennybridge
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112:antiquarian
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959:Categories
929:51°52′53″N
794:13 January
766:References
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597:bridleways
550:River Tawe
472:River Towy
464:Afon Twrch
442:bank near
394:sub-arctic
318:River Tawe
302:Sarn Helen
298:Roman road
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123:Carmarthen
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226:glaciated
186:Ammanford
837:Archived
744:See also
738:Cwm Tawe
734:Cribarth
696:such as
680:such as
654:red kite
646:red kite
636:Wildlife
561:Abercraf
520:legend.
514:Llanelli
478:and the
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413:Picws Du
400:Drainage
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378:Dartmoor
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358:moorland
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258:, below
246:Picws Du
234:moraines
230:ice ages
218:Devonian
166:Picws Du
162:Fan Foel
127:Monmouth
706:badgers
694:mammals
674:skylark
662:kestrel
648:, Wales
456:Loughor
396:state.
322:Fan Hir
306:menhirs
238:Fan Hir
210:erosion
200:and of
180:Geology
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382:Exmoor
320:below
296:and a
289:castra
119:massif
110:, the
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366:hazel
342:cairn
292:s at
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